Saturday Sewing

Saturday Sewing
Saturday September 19, 2010


Saturday sewing is always pleasant.
In the fall I always seem to start doing
a lot more sewing. Isn't it great to think
about different things you would like to make?
I love to do that. So today I am starting new
sewing project.

A nightgown!
I am attempting to do pleating on this
garment. Today I spent the afternoon
cutting the pattern out.

I was pondering again on how much
would a woman in pioneer days spend
sewing?

I am sure its a lot more than what I spend
doing? Once or twice a week. She probably
spent every evening sewing. Since her days
were spent preparing meals.

Just some thoughts !

Hand Sewing

Hand Sewing
Thursday May 20


Hand sewing is something I love to do.
Last night I worked on Rachel's new tiered
skirt which is a nice light weight linen material.
I am hand sewing the tiers together. I like
how the gathers come out when they are done
the old fashion way.

When I go on trips with my husband
I can still work on my sewing projects. Last
weekend I went on a road trip to Hartford, Conn.
I finished all the of the tiers, but one.

I did get to go look at some historical dresses
at the art museum.
I love studying historical dresses.
So much more detail went into their garments.
It was a true inspiration.

The Dress

The Dress
Monday March 29

The Dress for the mother of the Groom.
The wedding has come and gone.
To accomplish my goal I had to focus
on what I had to accomplish. I choose
only to have a small amount of outside
distractions to get my goal accomplished.
The goal to make my dress.

My dear daughter in law helped me
pick out the material back in January.
Then I found a pattern on ebay for the
what I was looking for.

A friend of mine helped me work
on putting the dress together.
The dress is lined along with the
bodice. We then decided to add
some glitz which is the jacket. The
sleeves have the scalloped edges
the same as whats on the edge of
the hem. The picture is below.

The waistline we added some jeweled ribbon.
This is also around the neck line of the jacket.

My dearest brother is standing next to me.
It was such a joy to have my family with me.
The wedding was just beautiful.

Daily Sewing

Daily Sewing
Friday February 26


Daily Sewing is something I have
been thinking about this week.

If you think about the amount of
sewing women used to do, it was
a lot!

I am setting aside my afternoons
for sewing projects. It also serves as
a resting time. Resting is something
we should do especially so were not
so worn out.

Becoming organized in my activities
during the day is especially important.
That way dinner time still can go as
planned.

Daily Sewing is a blog I follow.
I like her idea.
Check out the link by clicking
the title.

A Shawl

A Shawl
Friday February 5




A simple shawl for Rachel.
This has to be one of the easiest
pieces of clothing to make. I made
this shawl late one evening after dinner.
The fabric has such a softness to it.

Of course you know this has brought me
to looking for some more patterns for
shawls and capes. Since, I have not
accomplished making jackets for us
yet. If you have never tried one you
must consider this shawl is a great
beginner project.

A New Dress

Sunday January 24
A New Dress

I wanted to share a sewing project with you.
This is my frugul dress. I bought the material
at Joanne's for 6.98. I needed a dress for two weddings.

The picture you see is how I wore it too the first wedding.
My husband really liked the dress.

The dress is gathered in the front and the back.
No zippers or buttons, which made it very quick
to make. I got it done in 3 days.
I do believe I am going to add some black
material to the neckline.

Mother of the Groom

Thursday January 21
Mother of the Groom



I have decided on a dress for my sons wedding.
The dress on the right of the picture which I pulled
from the Sew Beautiful Magazine. My only problem
is I have to come up with my own pattern.
I have purchased the material in a nice green.
Which will be accented with Ecru lace.

Sewing clothes

Thursday January 14

Sewing the old Way

http://zipzipinkspot.blogspot.com/2009_11_01_archive.html

I came across a great blog that I would like to share.
For all the time I have been sewing I always struggled
with sewing gathers on the machine. This ladies blog
just cleared everything up for me.


Making my first tiered skirt was a bit overwhelming
for me. Layer by layer I got it done. I would set it up
at the end of the kitchen table. This way it was out,
this is a visual tactic for me. Sewing during the times
with children coming and going all at different times.
I found even when people were around I was still able
to do a little hand sewing. It was also a good
conversation piece.

I made the skirt from a light weight jean material. My daughter
Rachel likes to where jean material as it goes with everything.
After all the waiting for this skirt to be finished the men in
my house said it looked great on her.

Just one more way to be frugal.
Making clothes is a for sure way to save
on clothing cost in a family.

Sewing Inspiration

Sewing Inspiration

Friday September 18

This picture continues to inspire me to sew.

I am sitting today ready to finish

sewing unfinished projects.

The first one will be a little shirt for my

dear daughter.

This picture actually sits in my downstairs

bathroom. I do get to glance at it from time

to time.

Making a new dress

Rachel is getting a new dress

Tuesday August 25

I have been working on this dress for awhile now.

For me the summer is a hard time

to find time to sew.

I am determined to get this done.

We are using some iron materials with this

dress. I am also adding trim to the underside

of the dress at the hem.

The New Skirt

Rachel's New Skirt

Tuesday May 19

New Clothes are always exciting.

I had gotten this jean material at

50% off in early spring.

I managed to squeeze in making this

skirt a couple of evenings ago.

A very simple project.

Sewing a new Dress

Sewing a new dress

Wednesday April 8

I have finished Rachel's easter dress.

The Little Seamstress

Little SeamstressFriday April 3

Little Seamstress

Teaching my daughter to sew is such a joy. Although

I am learning myself she always inspires me to strive

to try new things. We pick out material together.

Its great when we take a day and just go look at

material. We talk about the different fabrics so you

might say its a learning experience. Most of the time

we buy fabric online, from a few different sources.

Fashion Fabricshttp://www.fashionfabricsclub.com/

Hancock Fabricshttp://www.hancocks-paducah.com/

We have a few fabric stores by us that we like to go.

Joann Fabrics is a good store to go to and they

have coupons. You can also buy from them online.

Stich n Sew is a local store that is close to us. Its

more like a warehouse of apparel fabric and decorator

fabric. They have everything in this store. The only

drawback is the prices are higher than most places.

It is a good place to just look though.

Hand sewing is one of the first places she began.

There's a book on the market that I love to look

through with her as it gives us ideas what to fill

her hope chest with. Which gave her incentive

to sew for herself. She is spending her young years

learning to sew to put away for future years.

The Hope Chest A Legacy of Love

by Rebekah Wilson

http://www.booksonthepath.com/product/00370/TheHopeChestALegacyofLove.aspx

In her education I feel sewing needs to be part

of her everyday lessons.

Right now she is working on making a tote bag.

So for all the little seamstesses out there

continue to learn new techniques.

Even if you sew for a small amount

of time everyday. That is better than not sewing at all.

Mother and Child

Day 6 and 7 of Femine Attire

Day 6 of Femine Attire

Saturday March 28

This day was a day of doing paperwork.

I worked on a pile of papers that had just made a life of its own.

Sitting at my desk in the den pretty much till afternoon.

I do feel much better after getting that all sorted out.

I am striving to become a more organized Home Keeper.

I use to tell people I am just not organized, but that was

an excuse. God is helping with this one. I am taking baby

steps. One foot in front of the other.

This is my first year off of medicine. Thanks to God. Just

to tell you a little story. For 10 years of my life I have had

a seizure disorder, it has been difficult. Now, I am new person.

I have been working towards my goal of becoming organized.

With Gods Help! Who knows what you can achieve.

Day 7 of Femine Attire
Sunday March 29

I went to church today. It has been 3 weeks since I have

attended our church service. The one week I had nursery

duty. The other two weeks I had quiet worship with me

and God. It will be a day of just doing restful activities.

Just enjoying the sun we are going to have today, a high of 65.

We will be attending a pot luck dinner tonight at our church.

The mens missions team came back from Central America.

They are going to be showing a video of the trip.

My husband and I are very interested in this.

Alls I can say is what an Amazing God we have.

This is the last day of my post, thank you for spending it with me.

I hope you have enjoyed a little peak into my daily activites.

I can only say I like to dress like a lady

no matter what I am doing.

Day 5 of Femine Attire

Day 5 of Femine Attire

Friday March 28





Today I will be going out. So this morning I am spending
time getting ready. This is my shopping day. I will driving
to about an hour away for my grocery shopping. Since,
I try to only do once a month grocery shopping. Buying
in bulk helps me with staying out of grocery store. Which
I think keeps the unneccesary spending down.
The best part about it is I have time for sewing and gardening.
Two of my favorite things to do. Plus I am home for my
family.

Day 4 of Femine Attire

Day 4 of Femine Attire

Thursday March 26

Today I was up at normal time, 5 am.

Out to feed chickens by 8 am.

Back inside to see my dear husband

off to work. The night before I had packed

his lunch so alls I had to do was pull it out

of the refrigerator.

I am having a visitor today. A young

woman I am helping with planning her

wedding. She is coming by this morning for

a short visit.

While I was waiting for my visitor Rachel

practiced the piano for her recital that

is coming up. I enjoyed some reading time

of poems.

When our visitor arrives we will be reading,

So Much More by the Botkin sisters.

This book is helping girls, young women, and

older women.

It is talking about how we need to look to

our fathers for counsel. As it will be one day

transfered to our husbands. So true.

Plus it always brings up good conversation.

Day 3 of Femine Attire

Day 3 of Femine Attire

Wednesday March 25

Today my dear husband wants me to

get the lettuce in the ground. We are

getting our spring planting done. I figured

its moist outside what a good day for planting.

The garden is starting to come alive here on the

east coast. Although, this is one of our first days

of rain. Not a very wet spring so far.

The beige skirt I am wearing I found at a thrift

store. It works for just being around the house.

I like to wear brown in all various ways.

I like being a lady even when I am out in

Gods kingdom.

Day 2 Femine Attire

Day 2 of Femine Attire

Tuesday March 23

Being a keeper of the home can be so rewarding.

Today I am feeling very relaxed and I am looking

forward to some time sewing. The one rule about

sewing time is I have to make sure the kitchen is

clean and the counter is clear.

This frees my mind up from the acitivites in the

kitchen.

The black skirt I am wearing I

made at christmas time. It is just

a drawstring skirt just a little

different from my jean skirt from

yesterday. It is very free flowing

and this one is also lined.

A keeper of the home has the freedom to use her

time as she chooses.

We can learn to make things and be creative. We just have

to be willing to put the time in.

My Week of Femine Dress

My Week of Femine Dress

Friday March 20

For the next week I will post pictures of my femine attire. I will be taking a break on my
normal schedule of topics.

Below is a link to Emily's blog, as this was her idea of hearing from other ladies who dress in femine attire.
http://emsbingy.blogspot.com/2009/03/week-of-femininity.html


As a little girl I loved dressing up and always wearing a dress. My mom never
seemed to mind as she was seamstress. I would love to be in the kitchen
with my Mom. Learning to cook at a very early age probably gave me
great pleasure in making things in the kitchen.

This little girl reminds me of my Mom sending me to get apples
for dinner.

Little Girl Clutching Apples, 1895

Sewing

Sewing

Thursday March 12

Sewing my new skirt. This is the second time

I have used this pattern. The first time was an

experience. Now that I made it twice I feel I am

learning new techniques. This skirt has a waist band

a zipper and pockets. Below are a few pictures to show

some detail I added with this tool I have for making binding.

I also lined the skirt as I feel it helps the way your finished

garment looks. The material is a linen I picked up and the

lining is made from broadcloth.

I have decided to make it one more time. Till the next project gets

finished.